Is there a good (and easy) method of creating the username into a newly created part so that is it can be used as the 'Drawn By' name in a new drawing template?

Currently my company has set up the drawing template so that is pulls in the 'Drawn By' value from the 'Last Saved By' property ($PRP:"SW-Last Saved By(Last Saved BY)"). Obliviously, this is causing issues as the name changes every time someone else saves the drawing.

What I'm after a custom property that gets generated based on the computer user name field & doesn’t alter if another user opens & saves the part/drawing. Autodesk Inventor iProperties did this automatically, but I'm struggling to find a way of doing this on SW.

Drawn by =the last person to save the file...sounds like a good idea for a one person shop......

Even when I had that one person shop...I would still manually enter data in each part and assembly as to who did the model...as if you did the model you where the one to do the drawing....

that or we would have to manually update the title block....

It is kind of like having a welder stamp their welds.....the designer drafter....ect should have enough pride in their work to be able to put their name on the parts and assemblies so that when it come to doing the drawings the title blocks are automatically updated...as this just saves time....and reduces errors....

I have the Custom properties values set up using Tab Builder for each draughts person using SW. While this works fine & their names are pulled correctly into the drawings I dont like it as its just an extra step for everyone to do (be it a very small step). Ideally, I just want to pull the PC user name in & apply it part.

The more we try to automate...the more we take away from what we get paid to do....Very small steps are some of the most important ones we take. Are you using PDM yet? That would cause a whole TBLK rebuild possibly...and may cure your problem...

We get paid to make the company money. If we fail to leverage the capabilities of the tools we are supplied with and end up spending time doing things that only end up causing the company to lose money (due to the inefficiency), it is likely that we will cease to be paid. If we are not efficient, we have no business thinking any company should have any interest in paying us.

Using the Author is ok, but it still relies on each CAD seat to fill the box in every time a new part/assembly is started. (unless I've mis-understood what you mean)

Autodesk Inventor has a really easy simple solution to this; in the options you just fill in your user name (when initially setting up after an install). The name is then automatically inserted into all your new parts/assemblies that you created as well as new drawings. There is zero interaction required from the user. Shame SW doesn't have this.

This works - yes. However, it also means having a part/assembly template for every CAD operator which is simply a logistical nightmare when templates get tweaked/updated.

You can use the Property Tab Builder.

We have a "drawn by" field and it is attached to a drop down menu inside the property tab. When we are using the property tab builder, the user just grabs the correct drop down menu item. It is also set up so that if we forgot a name (or someone new is added) you can type in your own value.

This is what we are doing in the mean time until (if) we find something a little better & more automated. Its currently being introduced to replace the 'Last Saved By' option that I mentioned at the start of this post.

Is a shame that SW has no option like the one thats found in Inventor.

is there a property for the file that says who it was created by.....Some older versions of windows I think that this was an option.....then if you can pull that info out...

I even thought some of the older versions of SW would let you look to see who created features in the feature tree....

I used to drive everything in the title block off of the parts and assemblies. If you made the part you where going to do the drawing...so you put your initials in the part....and assembly also. It may have been inefficient to open the part and update the custom properties....after the drawing was approved but it let you know who made the model and who put together the assembly....with out having to go and find a drawing, or look in another file.

revisions were just tracked on the drawing...and the paper files that we would keep..